State of Entrepreneurship 2017: Growing Revenue, Growing Uncertainty

Small-business owners want to feel better about the economy. Sales are climbing and banks are (grudgingly) expanding credit. But entrepreneurs are getting queasy over health care costs. And the new administration and Congress? Oh, my.

Kristin Celano rolls a rack of her sports-team-inspired apparel in New York City's garment district. After a decade as a tech executive, Celano could no longer delay her dream of becoming an entrepreneur and started women's clothing company JaneHudson. The rate of women starting businesses rose in 2016.Tonje Thilesen